Systems and methods for provisioning cryptographic digital assets for blockchain-secured retail products

Abstract

Presented are cryptographic digital assets for retail products, methods for making/using such cryptographic digital assets, and computing systems for generating, intermingling, and exchanging blockchain-protected products. A method for provisioning cryptographic digital assets associated with retail product transfers includes broadcasting notifications of a future transaction of a retail product, and receiving, over a distributed computing network from the computing devices of multiple users, requests to participate in the transaction. A select number of users is added to a virtual line associated with the retail product transaction; from the virtual line, a first user is selected to receive the retail product and a second user is selected to receive a cryptographic digital asset containing a digital retail product and a unique digital asset code. The cryptographic digital asset is transferred to the second user’s digital wallet, and the unique digital asset code is recorded on a record block of a blockchain ledger.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A method for provisioning cryptographic digital assets, the method comprising:
 receiving, via a dedicated mobile application (mobile app) operating on a personal computing device of a user, a first notification of a future transaction of physical retail products;   transmitting, via the mobile app over a distributed computing network to a remote computing node, a request by the user to participate in the future transaction;   receiving, via the mobile app over the distributed computing network from the remote computing node, a second notification that the user is one of a select number of users added to a virtual line or bin associated with the future transaction of the physical retail products;   receiving, via the mobile app over the distributed computing network from the remote computing node, a third notification that the user is selected to be in one of:
 a first subset of users selected from the users added to the virtual line or bin and each designated to receive a respective one of the physical retail products; or 
 a second subset of users selected from the users added to the virtual line or bin and not selected for the first subset of users, the second subset of users each designated to receive a respective one of the cryptographic digital assets, each of the cryptographic digital assets including a digital object and a unique digital asset code; 
   receiving, via the mobile app responsive to the user being selected to be in the second subset of users, a fourth notification confirming transfer of the respective one of the cryptographic digital assets to a respective digital wallet associated with the user; and   receiving, via the mobile app, a fifth notification confirming transmittal of the unique digital asset code to a distributed blockchain ledger to record the transfer of the respective one of the cryptographic digital assets to the user.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein each of the unique digital asset codes includes a unique code string with a private key and a public key. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein each of the digital objects includes a virtual representation or an image of one of the physical retail products, a unique design rendering of a physical object, and/or a unique design file of an object. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the digital objects of the cryptographic digital assets are distinct from one another. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the cryptographic digital assets include: a first asset set containing first cryptographic digital assets of a first type, and a second asset set containing second cryptographic digital assets of a second type distinct from the first type. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the second subset of users includes: a first subset group each designated to receive a respective one of the first cryptographic digital assets from the first asset set, and a second subset group each designated to receive a respective one the second cryptographic digital assets from the second asset set. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the first asset set includes a first number of the first cryptographic digital assets, and the second asset set includes a second number, distinct from the first number, of the second cryptographic digital assets. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising receiving, via the mobile app after transfer of the respective one of the cryptographic digital assets to the respective digital wallet of the user, an electronic message including a unique key with a unique hashed address to a unique cryptographic token. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 transmitting, from the personal computing device of the user to the remote computing node, activity data indicating the user completed a predefined activity; and 
 receiving, via the mobile app, a new notification that the user advanced to a new position forward in the virtual line or bin based on the received activity data. 
 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein each of the cryptographic digital assets includes respective genotype data representative of an appearance trait of the digital object, the digital object including a digital shoe or a digital article of apparel. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the request to participate in the future transaction includes a unique quick reference (QR) code acquired by the user from a ticket to an event at a designated venue, a tangible object within the designated venue, or a merchandise receipt generated within the designated venue. 
     
     
         12 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by one or more processors of a controller of a personal computing device of a user, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors during operation of a dedicated mobile application (mobile app), causing the controller to perform operations comprising:
 receiving a first notification of a future transaction of physical retail products;   transmitting, to a remote computing node, a request to participate in the future transaction;   receiving, from the remote computing node, a second notification confirming the user is one of a select number of users added to a virtual line or bin associated with the future transaction of the physical retail products;   receiving, from the remote computing node, a third notification confirming the user is selected to be in one of:
 a first subset of users selected from the users added to the virtual line or bin and each designated to receive a respective one of the physical retail products; or 
 a second subset of users selected from the users added to the virtual line or bin and not selected for the first subset of users, the second subset of users each designated to receive a respective one of a plurality of cryptographic digital assets, each of the cryptographic digital assets including a digital object and a unique digital asset code; 
   receiving, responsive to the user being selected to be in the second subset of users, a fourth notification confirming transfer of the respective one of the cryptographic digital assets to a respective digital wallet associated with the user; and   receiving a fifth notification confirming transmittal of the unique digital asset code to a distributed blockchain ledger to record the transfer of the respective one of the cryptographic digital assets to the user.   
     
     
         13 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein the unique digital asset code includes a unique code string with a private key and a public key. 
     
     
         14 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein the digital object includes a virtual representation or an image of one of the physical retail products, a unique design rendering of a physical object, and/or a unique design file of an object. 
     
     
         15 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein the digital objects of the cryptographic digital assets are distinct from one another. 
     
     
         16 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein the cryptographic digital assets include: a first asset set containing first cryptographic digital assets of a first type, and a second asset set containing second cryptographic digital assets of a second type distinct from the first type. 
     
     
         17 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein the instructions further cause the controller to:
 transmit, to the remote computing node, activity data indicating the user completed a predefined activity; and   receive a new notification that the user advanced to a new position forward in the virtual line or bin based on the received activity data.   
     
     
         18 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein each of the cryptographic digital assets includes respective genotype data representative of an appearance trait of the digital object, the digital object including a digital shoe or a digital article of apparel. 
     
     
         19 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein the instructions further cause the controller to receive a smart contract operable to authenticate ownership of and to track future transaction of the respective one of the cryptographic digital assets. 
     
     
         20 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein the request to participate in the future transaction includes a unique quick reference (QR) code acquired by the user from a ticket to an event at a designated venue, a tangible object within the designated venue, or a merchandise receipt generated within the designated venue.